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Tarrafal Concentration Camp

Chão Bom, Cabo Verde

Tarrafal Concentration Camp

Portugal’s dictatorship sent its political opponents to this remote Cape Verdean prison, known as the “Camp of Slow Death.”

Giant Squid Museum

Luarca, Spain

Giant Squid Museum

This museum, which had to relocate in 2014 after being devastated by a storm at sea, houses the best collection of cephalopods in Asturias.

Rose Window, St. John's Episcopal Church

Franklin, Pennsylvania

St. John's Episcopal Church

St. John's Episcopal Church is one of seven remaining churches with a complete collection of Tiffany Windows.

Red Tank Historical Park

Lam Sin, Thailand

Red Barrels Historical Memorial

A memorial to over 200 “communist suspects” who were incinerated in red petroleum barrels in Lam Sin Thailand in the early 1970s.

Lighthouse at Morrow Castle, Havana, Cuba

Havana, Cuba

Castillo de los Tres Santos Reyes del Morro (Morro Castle)

It is an old prison, lighthouse, and castle once used to guard the port in Havana, Cuba

Salle du Jeu de Paume

Versailles, France

Salle du Jeu de Paume

The grand triumphs and bloody tragedies of the French Revolution all trace their way back to this unassuming tennis court.

Phu Loc Champa Temple

An Nhon Bac, Vietnam

Phu Loc Champa Temple

Perched atop a lonely 76-meter hill overlooking the plains, this 12th-century Cham sanctuary was historically dubbed the Golden Tower by French scholars due to the warm, glowing hue of its ancient bricks.

Iron Fountain Gyumri

Gyumri, Armenia

Iron Fountain Gyumri

It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.

Malayan Flying Fox

Gainesville, Florida

Lubee Bat Conservancy

Tucked away near Gainesville, Lubee Bat Conservancy invites visitors to discover the surprising personalities of giant fruit bats while learning how protecting these misunderstood animals helps preserve forests around the world.

Smygehuk Lighthouse

Smygehuk, Sweden

Smygehuk Fyr

An operating 19th-century lighthouse just on the southern tip of Sweden.

House of Egyptian Architecture

Cairo, Egypt

House of Egyptian Architecture

This well-preserved Ottoman-era Cairene mansion hosts a facinating archive of Egyptian architecure, from the pharaohs and sultans to the modern day.

The entrance of the eerie prison camp.

Willebroek, Belgium

Fort Breendonk

Walk through a well-preserved World War II Nazi prison and transit camp.

The People’s Treasure

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

The People’s Treasure

Cool Soviet-era public sculpture outside the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences on Chuy Ave.

This has the ''Room where it happened!"

England

Southwick House

This was Allied HQ during D-Day! Eisenhower was there and you can visit the ACTUAL MAP he looked at on that day.

The Créac’h Lighthouse

Ouessant, France

The Créac’h Lighthouse

The Créac’h Lighthouse is the most powerful lighthouse in Europe, which gives you, at night, an eerie sense of serenity.

The full sweep of the wall, with the star panel at its centre.

Baku, Azerbaijan

The Press Mosaic

The façade of Soviet Azerbaijan's state printing house is shaped like an open book, inlaid with writing systems from Egyptian hieroglyphs to a Mayan calendar.

Connell Lake Dam

Ketchikan, Alaska

Connell Lake Dam

Once a vital asset for Southeast Alaska’s timber industry and the backdrop for the gritty 1954 film noir classic Cry Vengeance, the Connell Lake dam now stands as a tragic yet scenic barrier blocking vital fish passage.

America's Response Monument-De Oppresso Liber

New York, New York

America’s Response Monument

It memorializes America’s initial military response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Tito memorabilia on the wall inside.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cafe Tito

Not your average Bosnian cafe — this locale is dedicated to the former Yugoslav dictator Tito.

The Academy of Natural Sciences

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Academy of Natural Sciences

As the oldest natural history museum in the Americas, these halls contain everything from dinosaur bones to biological samples collected by Lewis and Clark.

Fall aspens on the Grand Mesa

Cedaredge, Colorado

The Grand Mesa

The world's largest flat-topped mountain.

The rumour of discord

Madrid, Spain

‘The Rumour of Discord’

A “floating horse” hangs menacingly over the heads of passersby.

Cape Bear Lighthouse

Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island

Cape Bear Lighthouse and Marconi Station

This lighthouse has been in operation since 1881, with an interesting connection to the RMS Titanic.

Duong Long Cham Towers

Binh An, Vietnam

Duong Long Cham Towers

Standing as a 12th-century architectural titan, this trio of brick structures boasts the tallest surviving Cham tower in Vietnam, reaching an impressive height of 38 meters.

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